At first only half listening to the warden Valaeris Alois instead looked around at the guards, his fellow prisoners, and anything else that caught his eye, which a few female prisoners did. With that he took a moment to study the warden fully as his manacles were removed for the moment. Massaging his wrists for a moment he thought on plans for escape. It would take some time that was for sure, he began to disrobe caring little for his nudity. Physically he had a powerful build having lived a healthy life with thick arms corded with muscle, a barrel chest, and muscles rippling down his body. If not for his face he would likely be very attractive physically, as it was his face with it's slight disproportionality and imperfect symmetry he was not horrific but would rarely be called handsome. Once naked he took a few moments to stretch out his body after being cramped with the other prisoners for so long as well as work some of the tired feeling from his body. The travelling had caused him to be extremely fatigued of late and now that they were here he hoped to rectify that.

All the tools he had would need to be brought to bear, touching the birthmark on the left side of his chest he felt the power of his goddess within him knowing that it her alone would likely be enough for him to escape. The problem was how long it would take, the other prisoners seemed like potential recruits but he was unsure, one woman caught his eye as she marched right up to the warden and seemed to challenge him to a duel. That brought a smile to his face, as did her nude form. She was not as attractive as he usually preferred but the fire in her he liked as wel as her body, then he noticed something that almost made him laugh, he almost missed it only barely noticing. The slight blushing revealed it though, her nudity embarrassed her, that was quite cute of her with the way she blustered about now. He would need to find a way to be alone with her later, there was great potential in her use he felt.

He continued to dress slowly, mostly watching to see how this event played out. Hopefully they would fight, there was no way she could win against him but he wanted to see anyway. Afterwards they might throw her to the prisoners and there Valaeris would be sure to tend to her wounds thoroughly. Minions would need to be acquired and she seemed liked a strong start. If the warden also brought himself down to their level for a fight it also would open up countless new avenues for their escape which would greatly shorten his stay. There was little enjoyment to be had in these walls that he could see and that would certainly not do to worship his goddess in such a paltry manner.